Garment protector



Ma1-c115,1938.- EHBIN 2,111,161

GARMENT PROTECTOR Filed March 50, 1936 6 I 4% J2 %TOR A TTORNEX Patented Mar. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES rarest ori ice Edward H. Binns, Pittsburgh, Pa. Application March 30, 1936, Serial No. 71,617

2 Claims.

This invention is an improvement in separable garment or coat hangers, particularly adapted for use in connection with an adjustable garment protector of the general kind disclosed in my companion application filed February 12, 1936,

Serial No. 63,543.

The objects in view are to provide a hanger provided with an elongated stem on which the protector may be mounted for vertical adjustment, the hanger element being separably connected with the stem and protector for removal or replacement, with the supported garment.

In the drawing, showing one preferred embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a View of the device in front elevation, showing it in relation to a garment and the covering protector;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the device, partly broken away;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1 with the stem in section.

The hanger in its entirety comprises the conventional yoke 2 of any suitable construction, over which the garment or garments 3, as a coat, cloak, dress, suit, etc. is or are draped for normal support, in the usual manner.

The yoke 2 is provided at itsupper middle portion with a hook or eye 4, suitably secured, and adapted to be engaged by a co-operating open eye or hook 5 at the lower terminal of the elongated stem. or shank 6, of wire or the like, as in Fig. 1.

At its upper end stem 6 terminates in a supporting hook 1 adapted to engage a carrying bar or rod 8. Hook 1 is extended around in the form of an engaging loop terminating in a rounded reversed eye 9 or the like, forgrasping. The inner portion of the wire forming the eye 9 is rounded as shown, leaving a space M3 slightly less in width than the diameter of bar 8 to prevent accidental removal therefrom. The hook I being somewhat resilient, allows for placement over the bar as in the usual open hook form, but with outward and reverse automatic spring action. By withdrawing the terminal 9 of either the rounded or any other suitable form, the entire stem, with or without the yoke 2, may be easily removed fromthe bar.

The protector H is in the form of an inverted open bottom bag or pouch of comparatively shallow depth, but sufficiently ample in dimensions laterally to cover the upper shoulder portions of garment 3 when lowered thereon, as in Fig. 1. It is provided at its upper middle portion with an elastic or resilient friction creating element [2.

Such portion may be in the form of a section of sheet rubber or the like, having a slit extending therethrough and through the protector fabric or material, for frictional engagement with the stem.

As thus mounted the protector may be pushed up along the stem 6 above the garment and hanger, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1. Both garment and hanger may then be readily removed from hook 5, or the garment from the hanger, and then replaced. The lowering of the protector may then be as easily accomplished.

The retaining function of hook 7 by its resilient inwardly extending terminal is of advantage in preventing accidental removal of the stem from rod 8 by any material degree of upward movement, incident to upward lifting of the protector on the stem.

The advantage and usefulness of the invention Will be easily understood and appreciated by all those familiar with the use of coat hangers, especially in connection with the merchandising of clothing, or its storage. It is especially useful where a series of hangers are suspended side by side in a limited space.

The upper hook terminal provides' for easy placement or removal and avoids undesired disconnection. The hook and eye connection, or the vertical hook and socket connection, between the lower end of the elongated stem 6 and hanger 2 facilitates connection and disconnection in the manner stated. The elongated stem allows for vertical movement and arresting support of the protector, and the entire assemblage of these elements provides a compact and very effective convenient means for the purpose intended.

The protector itself may be made of any suitable fiexible material, suitably shaped and in appropriate sizes, and forms a practically complete protection for the upper portions of suspended garments. I prefer to utilize in its manufacture suitable flexible material having the advantages of tranparency, lightness, strength and pliability.

The design, shape, proportions, size, or material of the protector and its associated elements may be varied to suit varying conditions of use, and it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact construction disclosed.

What I claim is:-

1. In combination with a garment supporting yoke and a separably connected elongated stem having an upper terminal bar-engaging hook, a comparativelyshallow depth open bottom shoulder-covering garment protector adapted to beelevated by sliding movement along the stem entirely above the yoke and its supported garment, said protector having at its top middle portion a small section of resilient material having a transverse slit providing opposite edges in frictional engagement with the stem whereby the protector is adapted. to be raised, arrested, or lowered on the stem to vary its position relative to the hanger and clothing carried thereby.

2. In combination with a garment supporting yoke and a separably connected elongated stem having an upper terminal bar-engaging hook, a

comparatively shallow depth open bottom shoulder-covering garment protector adapted to be elevated by sliding movement along the stem entirely above the yoke and its supported garment, said protector having at its top middle portion a small section of sheet rubber closely connected to the material of the protector, said rubber sheet and material being transversely slitted providing opposite edges in frictional and resilient engagement with the stem whereby the protector is adapted to be raised, arrested, ,or lowered on the stem to vary its position relative to the hanger and. clothing carried thereby.

EDWARD H. BINNS. 

